I couldn't figure out how to display the pics, but I thought the shuttle Gendo and Fuyutsuki used when they visited the Tabgha Lunar Base (while checking out Unit-06 in 2.22) looked similar to the Eagle Transporter vessel from Space 1999. Maybe someone a little more tech savvy than me could post some images for a comparison.

Shinji breaks into the black space where Rei is trapped and holds out his hand etc. is frame to frame and nearly line to line homage to fantastic scene is Utena.

Resolution of the scene is different, but apart from that it's obvious homage to his good old pal Ikuhara by Anno

ran1: Oh gosh this sentence gave me an internet boner. You're so tsundere.Mugwump: Goddamn it, Xard! Take me in your arms, you magnificent sex god bastard! And don't forget to wear the Ran mask.Eva Yojimbo: You really are the Otaku equivalent of a Catholic and Jew rolled up into one giant dakimakura of guilt.Gob Hobblin: Sanctimonious, subtly racist, vaguely misogynist, somehow says something while at the same time saying...nothing, really, at all....

I think 2.0 is meant to be referencing to both, no reason why it can't be*.

Interesting stuff, thanks ath!

*Anno loves his Ultraman, while Ikuhara was the staff member (at least Anno "nabbed" Ogata and Mitsuishi ) he wanted to bring over from Sailor Moon after all:

[url]http://wiki.evageeks.org/Resources:Character_Name_Origins[/url] wrote:Ayanami is from a warship of the former Japanese navy. Rei is just a pun of 零 [Rei, "zero"], but actually named after Rei Hino of Sailor Moon. At the time, this was a bait to invite Iku-chan to the staff, but he ran away. Too bad.

Didn't see it mentioned here, but I apologize if anyone already listed it in another thread. There is a scene from 1.11 right at the beginning of Operation Yashima when Misato gives the order to commence charging the positron rifle. At just around thirty seconds into the following clip, we see a series of electrical transformers going online (basically, it looks like a bunch of metal rods rotating ninety degrees). Here's a link I found: [url]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=35243845[/url]

I noticed a very similar apparatus in use during a scene from Episode 4 of Gunbuster when the Exelion's captain gives the command to engage the warp engine. I found the following link (the scene occurs about 10 minutes and 27 seconds into the episode):

Resuming my long overdue need to watch Utena, for obvious reasons. I know there have been a few mentions of NTE making homages to Utena here and there, but didn't see this one (I assume there's a ton more in store for me to be on the look out for now):

Episode 9 Utena:

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Ha:

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Interesting they're both inspecting some item that's close to them (SDAT & the rose ring), too.